New Kodokan 10th dans

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The Kodokan recently made it's first promotions to Judan (10th dan) in 22 years. On January 8, 2006, three men were promoted to the highest level in Judo. This makes only 15 to be promoted to 10th dan since Prof. Kano founded Judo in 1882. I have posted the complete Judan list below. Year in bold is year of promotion.

Yamashita, Yoshitugu (1865-1935) 1935
Isogai, Hajime (1871-1947) 1937
Nagaoka, Hidekazu (1876-1952) 1937
Mifune, Kyuzo (1883-1965) 1945
Iizuka, Kunisaburo (1875-1958) 1946
Samura, Kaichiro (1880-1964) 1948
Tabata, Shotaro (1884-1950) 1948
Okano, Kotaro (1885-1967) 1967
Shoriki, Matsutaro (1885-1969) 1969
Nakano, Shozo (1888-1977) 1977
Kurihara, Tamio (1896-1979) 1979
Kotani, Sumiyuki (1903-1991) 1984
Daigo, Toshiro Jan. 8, 2006
Abe, Ichiro Jan. 8, 2006
Osawa, Yoshimi Jan. 8, 2006


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I'm sure they are very deserving and may have gotten it anyway.
But I am also sure it was in response to Phil Porter making himself 10 Dan in Judo, making him the only lving 10th Dans.
There are now about 300 10th Dans in the United States Martial Arts Association.
 

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Happy to see the Kodokan has graded some of its long time members to that rank
 
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Took awhile...... has anyone seen footage of these guys or know where to see them, I'd like to see and compare them to the ones of yeasteryear, to see where maybe judo is going in the MA world.
 

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Toshiro Daigo is the current head of instruction at the Kodokan, I believe. I'm not quite familiar with the other two, but they do sound familiar....
 
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bignick said:
Toshiro Daigo is the current head of instruction at the Kodokan, I believe. I'm not quite familiar with the other two, but they do sound familiar....

"Toshiro Daigo -- Author of Kodokan Judo:Throwing Techniques, and several other judo textbooks. He has been the chief instructor at the Kodokan for many years, manager of the Japanese Judo Team at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics, an international referee, and he won the All Japan Judo Tournament in 1951, 1952 and 1954. He had been a ninth dan since 1992.

Ichiro Abe -- Mr. Abe was international chairperson of the All Nippon Judo Federation. Mr. Abe is head of the Promotions Panel at the Kodokan, and also head of the International Division. He has travelled extensively in Europe, and is a former national coach of Belgium.

Yoshimi Osawa -- An international referee for many years, Mr. Osawa won the Fukuoka tournament in 1948. Osawa was a fabulous technician, in the eyes of some, the best ever. Despite being a lightweight, he was considered a true threat to win the All-Japan championships."

*info provided by judoinfo.com
 

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Kodokan Judo: Throwing Techniques by Daigo is an awesome book, for those that are interested...
 

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Only took her what? 73 years...

One of my instructors is a camp director for her annual Joshi Judo camp....from everything I've heard, she deserved it much sooner....
 
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She undoubtedly deserved it sooner. But considering the very old-world Japanese mindset of the Kodokan, and the inherent sexist practices, I'd say this should be viewed as great progress. It never would have happened 30 yrs ago.
 

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She had been a 9th dan for a while, but it was she was not recognized by the Kodokan as a 9th dan until now...
 

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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but these are also the first 10th dans in the history of judo that have not trained directly under Kano, correct? Or perhaps I'm wrong.

As far as Fukuda Sensei, I talked with my instructor who was at her promotion and said that she is showing her age, no doubt, but her eyes are sharp as ever and if she sees anything wrong, you will be hearing about it from her...and I hear she doesn't overlook much...
 

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kenpojujitsu said:
I'm sure they are very deserving and may have gotten it anyway.
But I am also sure it was in response to Phil Porter making himself 10 Dan in Judo, making him the only lving 10th Dans.
There are now about 300 10th Dans in the United States Martial Arts Association.

Haa Haa! Oh , were you serious? Anyways, you might want to consider Anton Geesink, who is ranked 10th Dan by the IJF, as opposed to Phil Porter, who holds probably 25% of the 10thdan ranks in his organization. I truly doubt the Kodokan takes his ranking status seriously.
 

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